Best Saunas in Brest, France
Spadium Saint-Renan
Spadium Saint-Renan is the public aquatic centre of Saint-Renan, a small town north-west of Brest, run by the Breton operator Spadium. Its Espace Détente has a Finnish sauna at about 80 degrees, a hammam at about 50 degrees and a rest room, and fitness-class passes include 30 minutes in the sauna, hammam and jacuzzi. A single Détente entry costs 13 EUR. The pool opens every day except 25 December and 1 January, with lunchtime and evening sessions in school term.
Spadiumparc
Spadiumparc is the aquatic complex of Le Relecq-Kerhuon on the eastern edge of Brest, with a sports pool, a leisure pool and an Espace Détente. The wellness area has a traditional sauna, a hammam, hydromassage showers and a cascade, plus an outdoor Nordic terrace overlooking the Rade de Brest with a Scandinavian bucket shower and a solarium. A single Détente entry for adults from 16 costs 16 EUR. Public hours are short in school term, mostly lunchtimes and evenings.
Best Western Plus Europe Hotel
Best Western Plus Europe is a four-star hotel on Rue Général Paulet in the Lambézellec district of north Brest, near the Kergaradec commercial zone. Its adults-only wellness area has an indoor pool heated to about 29 degrees with balneotherapy, a hammam, a sauna and a relaxation area, with robes, slippers and towels supplied. Outside visitors can book a two-hour Moment détente with pool, sauna and hammam for 45 EUR, or pool-only access for 15 EUR, through the hotel's Planity page.
Hôtel de la Paix, The Originals Boutique
Hôtel de la Paix is a four-star boutique hotel on Rue Algésiras in the Saint-Louis quarter of central Brest. Its small wellness area has a traditional sauna and a hammam, booked privately for one to three people in 50-minute slots between 7 am and midnight. Non-residents can book a session for 20 EUR per person, hotel guests pay 15 EUR. The hotel also sells gift vouchers and stay packages that include an hour in the private sauna and hammam.
Oceania Le Conti
Oceania Le Conti is a four-star Art Deco hotel on Rue Emile Zola in central Brest, near the station. Its Spa Le Conti, run with the Sothys brand, sits under a glass roof beside a planted terrace, with a heated indoor pool, a hot tub, a sauna and a small fitness room. Local visitors can use the wellness area after booking a treatment or massage, for a supplement of 20 EUR per hour; the spa is open to the public Monday to Saturday 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
Climb Up Brest
Climb Up Brest is a climbing gym in the Ateliers des Capucins, the converted naval workshops above the Penfeld in Recouvrance, with 1,200 m2 of bouldering, roped routes up to 16 metres and a fun-climbing zone. Next to the café and food counter it has a sauna for climbers to recover after a session. Single climbing entries, ten-entry cards and passes are sold without membership. It opens 10 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 8 pm at weekends.
Spadium Saint-Renan
Spadium Saint-Renan is the public aquatic centre of Saint-Renan, a small town north-west of Brest, run by the Breton operator Spadium. Its Espace Détente has a Finnish sauna at about 80 degrees, a hammam at about 50 degrees and a rest room, and fitness-class passes include 30 minutes in the sauna, hammam and jacuzzi. A single Détente entry costs 13 EUR. The pool opens every day except 25 December and 1 January, with lunchtime and evening sessions in school term.
Spadiumparc
Spadiumparc is the aquatic complex of Le Relecq-Kerhuon on the eastern edge of Brest, with a sports pool, a leisure pool and an Espace Détente. The wellness area has a traditional sauna, a hammam, hydromassage showers and a cascade, plus an outdoor Nordic terrace overlooking the Rade de Brest with a Scandinavian bucket shower and a solarium. A single Détente entry for adults from 16 costs 16 EUR. Public hours are short in school term, mostly lunchtimes and evenings.
Best Western Plus Europe Hotel
Best Western Plus Europe is a four-star hotel on Rue Général Paulet in the Lambézellec district of north Brest, near the Kergaradec commercial zone. Its adults-only wellness area has an indoor pool heated to about 29 degrees with balneotherapy, a hammam, a sauna and a relaxation area, with robes, slippers and towels supplied. Outside visitors can book a two-hour Moment détente with pool, sauna and hammam for 45 EUR, or pool-only access for 15 EUR, through the hotel's Planity page.
Hôtel de la Paix, The Originals Boutique
Hôtel de la Paix is a four-star boutique hotel on Rue Algésiras in the Saint-Louis quarter of central Brest. Its small wellness area has a traditional sauna and a hammam, booked privately for one to three people in 50-minute slots between 7 am and midnight. Non-residents can book a session for 20 EUR per person, hotel guests pay 15 EUR. The hotel also sells gift vouchers and stay packages that include an hour in the private sauna and hammam.
Oceania Le Conti
Oceania Le Conti is a four-star Art Deco hotel on Rue Emile Zola in central Brest, near the station. Its Spa Le Conti, run with the Sothys brand, sits under a glass roof beside a planted terrace, with a heated indoor pool, a hot tub, a sauna and a small fitness room. Local visitors can use the wellness area after booking a treatment or massage, for a supplement of 20 EUR per hour; the spa is open to the public Monday to Saturday 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
Climb Up Brest
Climb Up Brest is a climbing gym in the Ateliers des Capucins, the converted naval workshops above the Penfeld in Recouvrance, with 1,200 m2 of bouldering, roped routes up to 16 metres and a fun-climbing zone. Next to the café and food counter it has a sauna for climbers to recover after a session. Single climbing entries, ten-entry cards and passes are sold without membership. It opens 10 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 8 pm at weekends.